Psion Games Database - Scion

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I've been working on a rudimentary database of Psion EPOC32 games. At
the moment the database has only name, publisher, category, licence and
(if you download the ER5 Data file) description. There are no
downloads, screenshots or even ...

Psion Games Database

Hello everyone,

I've been working on a rudimentary database of Psion EPOC32 games. At
the moment the database has only name, publisher, category, licence and
(if you download the ER5 Data file) description. There are no
downloads, screenshots or even URLs. But it might be useful in
conjunction with a Google search, as I've managed to collect together
information on over 300 games so far.

This little project was inspired by Sinclair Infoseek as found onwww.worldofspectrum.org, and in the fullness of time I'd like to add
download links and screenshots to the database. But currently I don't
have the web space to store that volume of information, so for the
moment I'm keeping it simple.

You can see the database at my home page below. I hope someone finds it
useful.

Re: Psion Games Database

Hi Damian,

Love to see such a fine list of Psion software. As a Psioncollector I have a
big collection of hard- and software, but on your list there are programms I
even haven't heard of. Will try to download all of them in the near future.
Many thanks for this list.

"Damian Walker" schreef in bericht
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0710131143190.26295@nero.devel. snigfarp.karoo.net...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been working on a rudimentary database of Psion EPOC32 games. At the
> moment the database has only name, publisher, category, licence and (if
> you download the ER5 Data file) description. There are no downloads,
> screenshots or even URLs. But it might be useful in conjunction with a
> Google search, as I've managed to collect together information on over 300
> games so far.
>
> This little project was inspired by Sinclair Infoseek as found on
> www.worldofspectrum.org, and in the fullness of time I'd like to add
> download links and screenshots to the database. But currently I don't
> have the web space to store that volume of information, so for the moment
> I'm keeping it simple.
>
> You can see the database at my home page below. I hope someone finds it
> useful.
>
> --
> Damian - http://damian.snigfarp.karoo.net/
> Put "sausage" in the subject of email replies to avoid my spam trap.

Re: Psion Games Database

A great Idea. If you put download links or files in the DB it should be
perfect.
please continue on the project

grt
Martijn

"Damian Walker" schreef in bericht
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0710131143190.26295@nero.devel. snigfarp.karoo.net...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been working on a rudimentary database of Psion EPOC32 games. At the
> moment the database has only name, publisher, category, licence and (if
> you download the ER5 Data file) description. There are no downloads,
> screenshots or even URLs. But it might be useful in conjunction with a
> Google search, as I've managed to collect together information on over 300
> games so far.
>
> This little project was inspired by Sinclair Infoseek as found on
> www.worldofspectrum.org, and in the fullness of time I'd like to add
> download links and screenshots to the database. But currently I don't
> have the web space to store that volume of information, so for the moment
> I'm keeping it simple.
>
> You can see the database at my home page below. I hope someone finds it
> useful.
>
> --
> Damian - http://damian.snigfarp.karoo.net/
> Put "sausage" in the subject of email replies to avoid my spam trap.

Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Martijn's message of Yesterday:
> A great Idea. If you put download links or files in the DB it should
> be perfect. please continue on the project

I had been thinking of adding, not download links as such, yet, but a
URL from which the game can be downloaded - i.e. the informational page
about the game on an author's web site, or on a site like Tucows where
the author's site is not available. But this would be a big addition to
the project, in terms of work needed. It would also be very high
maintenance, as I'd have to keep monitoring about 300 sites and pages
for changes and dead links. So I'm still thinking about it.

I prefer the idea of having a downloadable archive of my own (when I can
afford the web space), so I'm not reliant on other sites staying active.
Failure to keep up with dead download links is one of the things that's
making sites like www.psionplace.com lose their value as Psion resources
(as opposed to Tucows, which has its own copy of the downloadable
files).

Re: Psion Games Database

Damian Walker wrote:
> ...It would also be
> very high maintenance, as I'd have to keep monitoring about 300 sites
> and pages for changes and dead links. So I'm still thinking about it.

There are programs to search for stale links. I think one I used to use was
called Xenu.

Cheers, Mike.
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Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Mike Coon's message of Wednesday:
> There are programs to search for stale links. I think one I used to use was
> called Xenu.

I'll take a look and see if I can find such a program for Linux. The
problem with dead links nowadays, is that sites are often replaced by
domain name companies' placeholders that contain some reference to the
original subject. But I'll investigate these if I decide to add
external links to the database.

Re: Psion Games Database

To find old 'not excisting'sites, just use this link. Copy and paste the
link of the old 'not excisting'sites in the TAKE ME BACK-box and start
clicking. Mostly you can choose between a lot of old dates, from where you
start to pick one. If it's not the right one you're looking for, or has not
a good result, try another date. I have result for more then 90% of the
time.

Richard

"Damian Walker" schreef in bericht
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0710190740270.20291@nero.devel. snigfarp.karoo.net...
> Quoting Mike Coon's message of Wednesday:
>
>> There are programs to search for stale links. I think one I used to use
>> was
>> called Xenu.
>
> I'll take a look and see if I can find such a program for Linux. The
> problem with dead links nowadays, is that sites are often replaced by
> domain name companies' placeholders that contain some reference to the
> original subject. But I'll investigate these if I decide to add external
> links to the database.
>
> --
> Damian - http://damian.snigfarp.karoo.net/
> Put "sausage" in the subject of email replies to avoid my spam trap.

Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Alex' A. Interrants's message of Yesterday:
> That's a very nice project. I'll take a further look on it this weekend.
> Thank you.

I've updated it now, so that categories and licence information are
shown as meaningful words, rather than as single letters.

Re: Psion Games Database

Damian Walker opined
>Quoting Richard van Stappershoef's message of Yesterday:
>
>> Maybe this can be of some help to you. Some great links for Psion files:
>> http://www.gtkc.net/psion/src.doc.ic-mirror/games/
>> http://www.pscience5.net/
>
>Thanks, I've been through Psience5, but I'd forgotten that
>src.doc.ic.ac.uk had Psion games too. There may be a few more things
>added to the database, depending on what I find there.
>
Your list looks good, but IIUC you don't have all the Infocom games,
that can be run with a DOS emulator.

Mike

(Who still hasn't finished Hitchiker's Guide...)

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Michael J Davis

Re: Psion Games Database

Michael J Davis wrote:
>Your list looks good, but IIUC you don't have all the Infocom games,
>that can be run with a DOS emulator.

I don't think it's necessarily appropriate to list them individually
anyway - it's not as though they are "Psion games" specifically. Perhaps
just list the Infocom adventure interpreters and point to
if-archive.org?

Roger

Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Michael J Davis's message of Yesterday:
> Your list looks good, but IIUC you don't have all the Infocom games, that can
> be run with a DOS emulator.

As Roger suggests in his reply, I ought to list the interpreters under
the category "RPG & Adventure". I'll add that to my list of things to
do to the database. In the meantime, I've uploaded an update. Some of
the categories have been shifted around a little, and the descriptions
(only currently accessible in the downloadable S5 database) in a few
cases have been updated.

Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Michael J Davis's message of Yesterday:
> that can be run with a DOS emulator.

Oh, by the way, just to clarify: I won't be listing emulated games at
all. There are about 7,000 that run under Z80, I think over twice that
number for E32Frodo, and goodness knows how many that run under XTM. I
may list the emulators themselves, but at the moment I'm inclined not
to, as they're not "games" as such. Whereas the adventure game
interpreters couldn't be regarded as anything else.

Re: Psion Games Database

Damian Walker opined
>Quoting Michael J Davis's message of Yesterday:
>
>> that can be run with a DOS emulator.
>
>Oh, by the way, just to clarify: I won't be listing emulated games at
>all. There are about 7,000 that run under Z80, I think over twice that
>number for E32Frodo, and goodness knows how many that run under XTM. I
>may list the emulators themselves, but at the moment I'm inclined not
>to, as they're not "games" as such. Whereas the adventure game
>interpreters couldn't be regarded as anything else.
>
Wow! All I know is that I have a few Infocom games on my Psion 5mx.
Anyway, whatever you decide, you are doing a great job!

Mike
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Re: Psion Games Database

Quoting Michael J Davis's message of Sunday:
> Wow! All I know is that I have a few Infocom games on my Psion 5mx. Anyway,
> whatever you decide, you are doing a great job!

Thanks! I'm glad people are enjoying it. For a look at how I intend to
develop it, I've uploaded a mockup of one of the individual game pages.
If you want to see it, go to the same page as before - URL below and
click on a Psion button - and scroll down to "Senet on the move". The
name is now a link to the game's own entry page. This will probably
disappear the next time I do an automated update to the database, so
don't be surprised if it's gone in a week or so.